Development of a Culturally Responsive Group Counseling Model for Mexican American Adolescents

This article discusses a group counseling model specifically targeted for Mexican American adolescents with behavior problems including substance abuse. An integrated model is proposed, with the model assumptions clearly articulated and specific therapeutic goals addressed in a culturally responsive manner. Foci of the model are ethnic identity, affective expression, and life choices. Preliminary findings indicate that the youths are retained in the groups at a higher rate than predicted.To live in the Borderlands means you are neither hispana India negra espanola ni gabacha, eres mestiza, mulata, half-breed caught in the crossfire between camps while carrying all five races on your back not knowing which side to turn to, run from; To survive the Borderlands you must live sin fronteras be a crossroads.-Gloria Anzaldua (1987

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Mexican americans · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Substance abuse · Anthropology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Community Health and Development · Gender Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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